Abstract: A plurality of magnet rings for correcting a convergence are arranged in a tube axis direction with spacers interposed therebetween, on an outer circumferential surface of a neck. A velocity modulation coil for modulating a scanning velocity in a horizontal direction of an electron beam is placed so that a position of the velocity modulation coil in the tube axis direction is overlapped with those of the magnet rings. At least one of the spacers is made of only a magnetic substance. Alternatively, at least one of the spacers is made of a magnetic substance, and the outermost surface in a radius direction of the spacer made of a magnetic substance is covered with a non-metallic material. Because of this, the magnetic field formed by the velocity modulation coil can be intensified without disturbing the magnetic field of the magnet rings of a CPU.

Abstract: In a cross-section including a tube axis, assuming that T1 represents a thickness of a funnel at a point on an outer circumferential surface of the funnel, which is placed at the same position in a tube axis direction as that of an end of a horizontal deflection coil on a phosphor screen side, and T2 represents a thickness of the funnel at a point on the outer circumferential surface of the funnel, which is placed at the same position in the tube axis direction as a position 7 mm away from the end of the horizontal deflection coil on the phosphor screen side to the phosphor screen side along the tube axis, the funnel includes at least one cross-section including the tube axis satisfying a relationship: T2/T1?1.18. Owing to this, cone halation can be prevented while an X-ray leakage amount is limited to a predetermined value or less.

Abstract: A conductive film isolated from an inner conductive film is formed on an inner wall of a neck. Assuming that, among a plurality of focusing electrodes constituting an electron gun, a position in a tube axis direction of an end on an anode side of an anode-side focusing electrode placed at a position closest to the anode side is P0; among electrodes supplied with substantially the same voltage as that of the anode-side focusing electrode and arranged continuously from the anode-side focusing electrode, a position in the tube axis direction of an end on a beam generating portion side of an electrode placed at a position closest to the beam generating portion side is P1; in the tube axis direction, a position of an end on the beam generating portion side of the conductive film is PL1 and a position of an end on the panel side of the conductive film is PL2, the position P0 is placed between the position PL1 and the position PL2.

Abstract: An insulating frame of a deflection yoke is fixed to a funnel with a metal band and a metal screw. A partition formed so as to be integrated with a holder holding a magnet ring of a CPU includes a first partition provided on a first axis so as to hide the metal screw when the deflection yoke is seen from the holder side along a tube axis, and a second partition provided on a second axis orthogonal to the first axis. A height H1 of the first partition, a height H2 of the second partition, a minimum height Hmin of the partition, a height HM of a pull of a magnet ring on a side closest to the deflection yoke, and an outer circumferential edge diameter RM of the magnet ring excluding the pull satisfy relationships: H1>H2, HM?H2>10 mm, and Hmin>RM. Because of this, a discharge between a metal band and a metal screw that fix the deflection yoke, and a velocity modulation coil can be prevented without decreasing the operability of the rotation adjustment of the magnet ring of the CPU.

Abstract: In the vicinity of an end on the side of a large diameter portion of a deflection device, a pair of first permanent magnets for converging three electron beams in an X-axis direction and a pair of second permanent magnets for diverging them in the X-axis direction are provided. Inclination coefficients KTBH and KEWH of the distribution curve near the Z axis on the X axis of the Y-axis direction magnetic flux density of the magnetic fields respectively formed by the pair of first permanent magnets and the pair of second permanent magnets satisfy KTBH/KEWH<10 in at least one location within a range of 3 to 13 mm on the side of the phosphor screen with respect to a reference line in the Z-axis direction.

Abstract: An in-line type electron gun using a field superimposing type main lens system is provided that can attain good focusing properties by decreasing the size of the electron beam spot on the entire surface of the phosphor screen without being formed to be mechanically large. A field superimposing type main lens is formed by disposing two tubular electrodes opposite to each other and disposing a plate-like field correction electrode on each of the tubular electrodes on the sides not opposite to each other. On each of the opposite sides of the two tubular electrodes, an opening is formed by an edge portion and a folded portion. The shape of the opening may be an elongated flat-sided oval shaped aperture (laterally elongated aperture) that is formed by straight lines and semicircles and has a major diameter in the horizontal direction and a minor diameter in the vertical direction.

Abstract: A deflection device includes a first magnetic field generator, which generates a magnetic field of the same polarity as that of a vertical deflection magnetic field during upward deflection, on an upper side from an XZ-plane, a second magnetic field generator, which generates a magnetic field of the same polarity as that of a vertical deflection magnetic field during downward deflection, on a lower side from the XZ-plane, a third magnetic field generator, which generates a magnetic field of a polarity opposite to that of the vertical deflection magnetic field during upward deflection, on the upper side from the XZ-plane, and a fourth magnetic field generator, which generates a magnetic field of a polarity opposite to that of the vertical deflection magnetic field during downward deflection, on the lower side from the XZ-plane.

Abstract: A deflection yoke includes ferrite core, horizontal deflection coil, vertical deflection coil, and insulating frame for insulating the horizontal and vertical deflection coils. The deflection yoke has a cross section that satisfies the following A to C. A: A plurality of magnetic substance convex portions projecting toward the tube axis are provided in the vicinity of a position of an inner surface of the ferrite core where a vertical axis crosses. B: Assuming that a minimum value among distances between the respective magnetic substance convex portions and a funnel is D1, the distance between the ferrite core excluding the plurality of magnetic substance convex portions and the funnel is larger than the distance D1 at any point of the ferrite core. C: A part of the vertical deflection coil is wound in a groove between the plurality of magnetic substance convex portions.

Abstract: The radius of curvature of an outer surface of a panel useful portion is 10,000 mm or more. Assuming that a length of a perforated region of a shadow mask in an X-axis (major axis) direction is 2L, s is a variable satisfying 0<s<1, a sagging amount difference of the perforated region at a point of X=sL with respect to a point of X=0 on the X axis and a sagging amount difference of the perforated region at a point of X=L with respect to the point of X=sL on the X axis are ?Z01(s) and ?Z02(s), respectively, a sagging amount difference of the perforated region at the point of X=sL with respect to the point of X=0 on the long side and a sagging amount difference of the perforated region at the point of X=L with respect to the point of X=sL on the long side are ?Z11(s) and ?Z12(s), respectively, when ?(s) represented by ?(s)=(?Z01(s)/?Z11(s))/(?Z02(s)/?Z12(s)) is defined, d?(s)/ds?0.4 is satisfied in at least a portion in a range of 0.2?s?0.8.

Abstract: An electron beam emitted from a field-emission electron source array passes through a plurality of through holes formed in a mesh structure and reaches a target. Each of the plurality of through holes in the mesh structure has an opening on a side of the field-emission electron source array and an electron beam passageway that continues from the opening. The mesh structure is formed of a silicon-containing material doped with a N-type or P-type material. In this way, it is possible to suppress a decrease in the amount of the electron beam reaching the target while securing a mechanical strength of an electrode provided with a large number of through holes, and suppress expansion of the electron beam on the target.

Abstract: An electron beam emitted from a field-emission electron source array passes through a plurality of through holes formed in a trimming electrode and reaches a target. Each of the plurality of through holes in the trimming electrode has an opening on a side of the field-emission electron source array and an electron beam passageway that continues from the opening. The length of the electron beam passageway is larger than the diameter of the opening. Part of the electron beam that has entered the through holes is absorbed and removed by a lateral wall of the electron beam passageway. In this way, it is possible to provide a high-definition field-emission electron source apparatus in which divergence of an electron beam emitted from a field-emission electron source array is suppressed.

Abstract: A field-emission electron source apparatus includes a vacuum container that receives a field-emission electron source array, a target and an auxiliary electrode, and a getter pump that is disposed in the vacuum container and absorbs and removes excess gas. An electron beam emitted from the field-emission electron source array passes through a plurality of through holes formed in the auxiliary electrode and reaches the target. A space containing the field-emission electron source array and a space containing the target and the getter pump are separated substantially by the auxiliary electrode so that gas generated from the target is absorbed by the getter pump without passing through the space containing the field-emission electron source array. This makes it possible to provide a highly-reliable field-emission electron source apparatus in which the influence of gas and ions on the field-emission electron source array is eliminated or reduced.

Abstract: A pair of coma coils for correcting a VCR that is a positional displacement in a vertical axis direction of a center electron beam with respect to the center of a pair of side electron beams on a vertical axis in upper and lower portions on a screen are provided at a position in the vicinity of an end of a deflection yoke on an electron gun side. Assuming that a maximum value of the intensity of a vertical deflection magnetic field on a tube axis is HMAX, and the intensity of a vertical deflection magnetic field on the tube axis at the position where the pair of coma coils are arranged in the tube axis direction is HC, HC/HMAX?0.8 is satisfied. Owing to this, high-order distortion of horizontal lines on a screen can be corrected.

Abstract: When we let the aspect ratio of the fluorescent screen of a cathode ray tube be M:N and, in a coordinate system in which the origin is a point on the tube axis and the horizontal axis and vertical axis intersect at right angles, when we let LA be the horizontal radius of the outer surface of a cone component 4, SA be the vertical radius, and ? be the angle formed by a horizontal axis H and an axis D in the direction of the maximum diameter on the inner surface of the cone component 4, then when the position Z on the tube axis, using as its origin a reference line position that serves as a reference for a deflection angle, is within a range of ?30 mm?Z?10 mm, a portion is included such that the angle ? and the values of M, N, LA(Z), and SA(Z) satisfy the relational formula ?=tan?1[(N/M)×(LA(Z)/SA(Z))].

Abstract: The radii of curvature RD, RS and RL along a diagonal axis, a short side and a long side of an outer surface of a useful portion of a panel whose inner surface is provided with a phosphor screen satisfy RD?10 m, RS>RD, and RL>RD. This makes it possible to provide a color picture tube that has an excellent visibility and is not susceptible to the deterioration in color purity due to doming, while including a shadow mask with excellent formability and strength.

Abstract: A phosphor screen is formed on an inner surface of a face portion whose outer surface is substantially flat. A shadow mask faces the phosphor screen. The shadow mask includes a perforated portion having a plurality of apertures, a non-perforated portion formed on a periphery of the perforated portion and a skirt portion formed on a periphery of the non-perforated portion. The non-perforated portion includes a pair of longer side portions each having an outer bead and an inner bead that are adjacent to each other and a pair of shorter side portions each having the outer bead and an inner bead that are adjacent to each other. In each of the pair of longer side portions, the spacing between the outer bead and the inner bead is at least 2 mm. This makes it possible to suppress wavy wrinkles generated in the perforated portion, so that the image quality of a color picture tube can be improved.

Abstract: A deflection device for a projection tube includes a main deflection device for generating a raster and an auxiliary deflection device for correcting a convergence. The auxiliary deflection device includes a toroidal auxiliary horizontal coil, a saddle-type auxiliary vertical coil, and a ferrite core. According to this configuration, the deflection efficiency is enhanced, and pincushion distortion in upper and lower portions can be corrected efficiently while a change in the shape of a beam spot is reduced.

Abstract: A projection tube apparatus includes: a valve made up of a face panel having a screen face on its external face, a funnel connected to a rear portion of the face panel, and a neck portion; an electron gun that emits an electron beam and is housed in the neck portion; and a deflection device mounted at an outer circumference of the funnel on the neck portion side. The deflection device at least includes: horizontal deflection coils that generate a horizontal deflection field for deflecting the electron beam in the horizontal direction; vertical deflection coils that generate a vertical deflection field for deflecting the electron beam in the vertical direction and is disposed outside the horizontal deflection coils; and a ferrite core disposed outside the vertical deflection coils. A distance Ls between an end portion of the horizontal deflection coils on the screen face side and the screen face is set to 55 mm?Ls?80 mm.

Abstract: Optical filter layers that transmit only light with a desired wavelength are provided in a non-formation region of an optical absorbing layer formed on an inner surface of a glass panel, and phosphor layers that emit either one of red, green, and blue light are provided on the optical filter layers. The optical filter layers transmit blue light. Assuming that the thickness of the optical filter layer underlying the phosphor layer that emits blue light is t1, and the thickness of the optical filter layers underlying the phosphor layers that emit red and green light is t2, a relationship: t1>t2 is satisfied. Because of the above configuration, a color cathode-ray tube is provided, which can be produced at low cost with satisfactory yield with less peeling of a phosphor layer.

Abstract: A shadow mask structure is held on a panel via a support member in which a base member and a spring member are connected to each other in a substantially V-shape. The spring member includes a connecting portion connected to the base member, an engagement portion having an engagement hole in which a stud pin is fitted, and an elastic portion between the connecting portion and the engagement portion, tilted with respect to the base member and mainly having a spring function. Assuming that a width of an end of the elastic portion on the connecting portion side is A, a width of an end of the elastic portion on the engagement portion side is B, a width of a narrowest part of the elastic portion in a region including both the ends is C, and a minimum value of an effective width of the elastic portion in the region including both the ends is C?, relationships: A>C and B>C, and 0.40<C?/A<0.55 are satisfied.